Anxiety and angst as Indians mark month of lockdown

The journey of getting used to a new way of life -- without domestic help, without the necessity of dressing up to step out and just staying cooped up indoors -- has been out of the ordinary, equal......

Modi: The Mission Impossible Man

'In constituency after constituency, it was a vote for Modi, not the candidate,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party workers celebrate in Varanasi. Photograph: PTI When......

A room with the worst view in the world!

Welcome to war.A day before iconic street artist Banksy opens Walled Off -- his hotel in Bethlehem, a few feet away from the Israel-Palestine Wall -- Monali Sarkar takes you inside on a tour. If......

Pathankot attack: Pakistan finds no evidence of Jaish chief's involvement

Pakistan has decided that there’s no evidence to prove that the head of terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed was involved with last month’s deadly attack at the Pathankot air force base,......

'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'

'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.''It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.''In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC......

Jewellery: India to get GSP benefits

Congressman Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans, last week successfully snuck in a trade amendment to reinstate General System......

Price of Iraq occupation could dwarf war's cost

The price of a post-war US occupation of Iraq could be so big that some experts fear it would make the cost of combat alone pale in significance.This is especially true because consideration of the......

Why Raja Sen thought Prince was The Joker

Prince, remembers Raja Sen, snuck his way into an underage brain and sparked off deliciously inappropriate thoughts in style. When I was eight years old, I thought Prince was The Joker. Allow me to......

RJ Malishka's Top 10 Hindi Songs of 2012

RJ Malishka sends us her Top 10 Hindi songs of 2012. Take a look.   As a radio person, putting together a list of the top 10 songs should be an easy task. But it could also turn out to be......

Review: Public Enemies

This much we should know by now -- all motion pictures are make-believe; even those that purport to be based on real-life events. And the entire mechanism of a film production is geared towards......

DDLJ: Ten years, everybody cheers

Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge is, by sheer dint of originality, one of the best Hindi films made in the last 20 years. Sure, it's a romance. And we've seen enough candyfloss 'boy flips for......

Copa America: Is security in the US broken?

Fans raise questions over USA's ability to control crowds after the chaos at Copa America final and hoped that the organisers of the 2026 World Cup, being co-hosted by the USA, Mexico and......

Verstappen takes pole at Japan GP for third year in a row

IMAGE: Red Bull's Max Verstappen celebrates on the podium after qualifying in pole position along with second placed Red Bull's Sergio Perez and third placed McLaren's Lando Norris. Photograph:......

Sri Lanka continue march towards World Cup qualification

Photograph: Kind Courtesy ICC Cricket World Cup/Twitter Dhananjaya de Silva hit a career-best 93 while Maheesh Theekshana took three important wickets to ensure Sri Lanka's pole position in the......

Turning Point: Sai's Partnerships With Shankar, Miller

IMAGE: Sai Sudharsan and David Miller stitched up a match-winning 56-run stand. Earlier in the chase, Sudharsan and Vijay Shankar put on a 53-run partnership. Photograph: BCCI Gujarat Titans have......

How finalists Argentina broke open a ragged Croatia

IMAGE: Lionel Messi shoots whilst under pressure from Josko Gvardiol. Photograph: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images The most clinical of smash-and-grabs kept Lionel Messi on track for his date with......